To assist employers with one of the unanticipated challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Seyfarth Shaw published a remote worker relocation checklist, identifying potential risks raised by remote workers relocating with or without notice. In this podcast, Associate Brian Wadsworth further examines the issues that employers should be cognizant of and suggests potential steps to that employers should take to avoid risk. The episode also offers insight into potential scenarios employers may face as they continue to work around the challenges presented by their remote workforces.

In this podcast episode, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment department of Seyfarth’s Washington, DC office, is again joined by Dr. Nupe Mehta, health care executive and clinician, to explore issues surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations is being deployed across the country, with healthcare providers at the front of the line to receive the vaccine. With two vaccines distributed under Emergency Use Authorizations, how can we achieve broad community buy in to effectively battle the pandemic with these new weapons at our disposal?

In this podcast episode, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment department of Seyfarth’s Washington, DC office, is again joined by Dr. Nupe Mehta, health care executive and clinician, to explore issues surrounding tracing, testing, and isolating as response and prevention strategies for COVID-19.

With cases spiking and guidance frequently changing, communities need to continue their efforts to mitigate COVID-19’s spread. Case investigation, contact tracing, and supported isolation and quarantine are all part of the solution, but what hurdles must these strategies overcome to prove effective in battling the virus?

The lack of a uniform federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has left many employers in a difficult spot, as they scramble to stay up-to-date on mandates issued by various states, counties, and municipalities. Added to the mix are various liability shields that protect different industries, with different legal standards, and with different definitions of who’s covered. One industry at the top of the list for liability protection - and also for OSHA enforcement - is health care.

In this episode, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment department of Seyfarth’s Washington, DC office, talks to Dr. Nupe Mehta, health care executive and clinician, about the response to COVID-19 compared to past pandemics and how health care delivery may be affected moving forward.

In the months following the declaration of the pandemic, employers raced to put their COVID response teams together, creating and updating policies - seemingly on a daily basis - to respond to the ever-changing rules of the crisis. Now, many months in, many employers have brought teams back and are facing new challenges, putting themselves once again at the very edge of the science.

In part two of this two part series, Dan Klein, Labor and Employment partner in Seyfarth's Boston office, summarizes the current legal landscape under federal law regarding those accommodation requests that are legally required and those that are not.

In part one of this two part series, Dan Klein, Labor and Employment partner in Seyfarth's Boston office, summarizes the current legal landscape under federal law regarding those accommodation requests that are legally required and those that are not.

Court closures, state and local parameters, and continued cautionary re-opening while the pandemic continues have had an impact on background checks. HR professionals, recruiters and in-house employment attorneys must strike the balance between onboarding a candidate and risking litigation over a background check.

On this episode, Jennifer Mora, Senior Counsel and leading background expert at Seyfarth, summarizes how the Fair Credit Reporting Act applies to background checks, employers' options for compliance, and other practical considerations for clearing background checks during the pandemic.

COVID-19 Face Masks and Coverings by Seyfarth Shaw LLP

How will employees safely return to work, how will employers keep employees and customers safe from COVID-19, and what are employers required by law to do have been highly charged and sometimes highly politicized topics. This quick, under-10-minute podcast, Seyfarth partners Karla Grossenbacher and Ben Briggs, put aside those questions and addresses the “why” behind masks in the workplace, the “how” behind symptom and temperature screening, and the top questions employers need answered.